Real Estate News & Articles

Fine Yaletown living at Bosa's Pacific Point, 214 Homes at 1323 Homer St.

2013-08-22

Kerry Vital Other Bosa Development's Pacific Point started life as a rental building but has been completely re-done. Submitted photo In the Lower Mainland's busy real estate market, luxury and sophistication is tops on the lists of many bu…

July home sales highest since 2009

2013-08-22

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Firenze Condo project at Expo Blvd. and Abbott Street to include new school

2013-08-21

Cheryl Rossi Van. Courier Pictured is the site for a new elementary school near International Village. A new urban school is slated to open across from Andy Livingstone Park in September 2015. The Ministry of Education has hired Francl Arch…

CREA fights for .mls domain name

2013-08-19

Danny Kucharsky Other CREA is waging a battle to win exclusive usage of the . mls domain name on the Internet. The fight pits CREA against Afilias , an Irish registry company that has about 10 years of experience in launching, operating and…

Fintrac Article - Verifying Identities

2013-08-18

VERIFYING THE IDENTITY OF UNREPRESENTED PARTIES, VERIFYING IDENTITIES OF THIRD PARTIES Other VERIFYING THE IDENTITY OF UNREPRESENTED PARTIES   Q: What are REALTORS® record keeping obligations with respect to unrepresented parties? …

Owner-Built Homes and the Homeowner Protection Act

2013-08-17

Other Two recent disciplinary decisions, not yet published, involve listings of new homes under the Homeowner Protection Act (HPA). The following information, which appears in the Professional Standards Manual ( www.recbc.ca/psm/owner-built…

The Condo Store: Vive la différence

2013-08-16

Ryan Starr Other John Mehlenbacher, co-founder of The Condo Store, settles into a low-back mesh chair at his company's Liberty Village head office and offers up a frank assessment of the state of Toronto's real estate market: AARON HARRIS F…

Why You're Seeing So Many Laneway Houses

2013-08-15

Michelle Hopkins Other In 1999, Robbie Steward fell in love and bought an East Vancouver heritage home brimming with original character and charm. "The house was built in 1946… it is a unique, beautifully restored historic home with …

Landlords and renters beware

2013-08-15

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Kensington-Cedar Cottage: Neighbourhood at a Glance

2013-08-15

Andrew Fleming Van. Courier Sprawling more than seven square kilometres between Fraser and Nanaimo streets and from East 41st Avenue to Broadway (or East 16th between Fraser and Clark) Trout Lake Cedar Cottage circa 1960. Photo: City of Van…

Henriquez Partners Architects proposed development in the 4500 Blk Dunbar neighbourhood

2013-08-14

Dunbar group opposes six-storey building; Mixed-use building proposed for stong's market site Naoibh O'Connor Van. Courier The Dunbar Residents' Association is troubled by a rezoning application for a six-storey mixed-use building on the St…

Mobile phones worldwide would reach 7 billion in 2014

2013-08-12

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60 Minutes video on Chinas Real Estate Bubble – empty un occupied cities…

2013-08-11

60 Minutes Other 60 Minutes news broadcast on Zhang Xin: China's real estate mogul. How did Zhang Xin go from working in a sweatshop to being a billionaire real estate developer? Lesley Stahl reports. Watch the video

Home prices pick up steam in most Metro areas during second quarter

2013-08-10

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Fraser Valley Real Estate Market: July 2013

2013-08-10

Other The sun smiled on Fraser Valley home sellers in July, after a year of diminishing sales at 10-year-low levels. There were more real estate sales on the MLS® than the previous July, but more surprisingly, there were 10 per cent mor…

Platinum 1 at Englewood Courtyard in Chilliwack

2013-08-09

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Landmark heritage building sold to Nature's Path cofounder

2013-08-08

City refuses to disclose details of properties sold through Olympic Village receivership Bob Mackin Van. Courier Across from the Flack Block building (left) is 198 West Hastings, which the City of Vancouver sold to Ratana Stephens, cofounde…

Tips for Getting Good Tenants (and Avoiding Bad Ones)

2013-08-02

Michelle Hopkins Other Dennis Hoy has been a landlord for more than three decades. The retired teacher rents out his summer home on the Gulf Islands , as well as two other residences he owns in the Lower Mainland. "It's been my way of being…

Choice in seniors' housing

2013-08-01

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Celadon House in Coquitlam by Polyhomes

2013-08-01

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Rebranding the Holburn Tower, Ritz-Carlton, the Trump way

2013-08-01

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Prince George offers jobs, investment opportunities in fast growing economy

2013-08-01

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Retail village being built at Sun Rivers Kamloops

2013-08-01

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L'Atelier at 2556 East Hastings

2013-08-01

Cheryl Rossi Van. Courier Behind a somewhat unremarkable façade at 2556 East Hastings St. are live/work lofts created in a 1920s heritage conversion in 1995. The building features wide hallways illuminated glass block floors and ceil…